EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

MAJOR ISSUES BULLETIN

LISBON TREATY

     

TREACHERY BY A PRIME MINISTER WHO SIGNED THE LISBON TREATY BUT COULD HE NOW DITCH THE POUND

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eurofacts 31st October -2008

Gordon begged to be let in, says Luxembourg Finance Minister.

Gordon Brown may regard himself  as the man who saved the planet but it seems that is not how others see him. On October 15th the Bloomberg online news service reported that Luxembourg Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker told the German newspaper Rheinischer Merkur that the UK would consider adopting the EURO once the CREDIT CRISIS abates.

"The BRITISH prime minister had TO BEG to be LET into the room in which the EURO GROUP was MEETING", 'Juncker told  the newspaper in an interview.

"I'm sure when the storm is over, the British will think about whether they shouldn't become an equal in all decision-making bodies".

[Is there a double-cross taking place behind the scenes?]

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MADNESS IN THE EU

HALF OF FISHING CATCH IS THROWN AWAY

55,703 tonnes of cod, haddock, whiting and saith in North Sea and West of Scotland. this represents 51% of total catch of these species. However, many other species are landed which are NOT monitored for DISCARD PURPOSES.

Minister of State , Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Rooker]

source: House of Lords, Hansard, 29th September 2008

THE (CAP) COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY & COMMON FISHERIES POLICY JUST GOES ON AND ON

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IRISH TOLD: Come up with a solution by December.

 

The Irish Times, which had the briefing from Cowen's staff ...explaining that the Irish prime minister had in effect been given an ultimatum to sort matters out

"If DUBLIN thinks the pressure if off, they've got another think coming" one Irish MEP was quoted as saying, "in December, the Council is going to come down on them like a ton of brick".

MR COWEN is said to have told heads of STATES that "It is not yet possible to be prescriptive about outcomes" but to have "identified the necessary steps that need to be taken next year".

"I look forward to returning here in December with a view to our defining together the elements of a SOLUTION and a COMMON PATH to follow".

"I look forward to returning here in December with a view to our defining together the elements of a SOLUTION and a COMMON PATH to follow". He said he recognised that there was NO DESIRE to RENEGOTIATE the TREATY, but said the IRISH would have to obtain assurances, hinting that opt-outs or DECLARATIONS might be needed to enable a SOLUTION. he said  that the ISSUES of GREATEST CONCERN were the COMPOSITION of the COMMISSION. DEFENCE and IRISH NEUTRALITY, SOCIAL and ETHICAL MATTERS and TAX.

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EU DIRECTIVES

are designed to put the UK at a disadvantage, but UK politicians seem blind to the plan of the political elite of France and Germany to dominate Europe economically by controlling the Brussels political machine 

eurofacts.13th October,2008

www.junepress.co

 

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OCTOBER-2008